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ZeroXSEED can I ask you to please read the short drafts I posted earlier? I need to know if Tatenashi is reasonably in Character or if she's too OOC
Also, When will the Wincest be updated again?

DAMN IT! THAT IS FUNNY! So Irish really became her boytoy 'partner' huh? Kanzashi must have a headache all the time, considering their antics.

It's as in character as Tatenashi can get, you've got the base characterization. Good job and quick, make a full chapter out of it!

Chapter 5 Draft is on, please comments:

Spoiler for Madoka vs Cecilia:

That boost kick in the last cent seconds, average student might not be able to do that. Not bad, Ichika-nii…

I want to say that, but then Chifuyu-nee will scold me for spoiling him.

"...How could he possibly be injured when he is equipped with the IS..."

"Ah, Shinonono-san, isn't it normal to be concerned about others? Even if he's equipped with the IS, this is common sense, right?"

"You're one to talk, you wolf in sheep clothing."

"Well, it's better than donning the clothes of a demon."

Those two are at it again, why don’t you date each other than chasing Ichika-nii half-heartedly? You shall seriously think about your tone, Houki. And Alcott is being hypocrite…Oh; Chifuyu-nee is approaching them.

“Can’t you two just keep quiet?” Chifuyu-nee pushed their face apart “Alcott, deploy BT once again”

“H-hai” she sticks her tongue out to Houki before doing it.

I wonder why Chifuyu-nee asked me to retrieve Kurogane from the storage this morning; on top of that, she said I should reduce mobility and add some Vernier motor for extra stabilization.

She did not said anything about returning them to the factory, strange, it’s like Kurogane her private IS or something along that line.

“Madoka, how about it’s current performance?”

Mobility: 135%, Stability: 95% check, Combat Efficiency: 86%...tch.

As anti-shift limiter has been placed inside Kurogane, the IS so-called 'growth' will be stunted, it's performance is frozen at default instead of steadily increased overtime, besides from the usual compatibility uses.

“…no problem, Orimura-sensei”

“You’ll act as an Aggressor, Alcott, your task is to defeat her, Orimura will use anything to bring you down. Understood?”

“HAI!”

I’m fired up, ever since that day, Ichika-nii always interrupt our confrontation, this time, we’ll solve it with IS battle for real.

I unleashed a .545 Caliber Sniper Rifle out of inventory.

“Haa? Using a rifle with a Close Combat Mech?”

“Save your words for later” I told her calmly.

I held my rifle downward in a ready position; meanwhile, she’s holding her sideway, as if she’s intentionally making a ‘cool pose’ or something, flaunting the gracefulness of her IS and its armaments…

Bad move, Cecilia-sama. Did you ever learn how to handle a real gun? Chifuyu-nee, don’t tell me this is what you’re aiming for.

“Begin”

As we took a distance from each other, the only thing I’ll say.

“Goodbye”

*BLAAAM!* *CRACK* *BLAAAM!* *BZZZT*

Eyes widened in surprise, Cecilia lost her balance and stunned as my bullet pierced her scope. By the way, the scope of an IS’ sniper has a camera that’s slaved to her visual directly, this it’s almost like she saw a bullet going through her eyes.

The second bullet was deflected by her shield, if not, there’s no longer Cecilia Alcott here, at least not her head.

“Wha-what…”

“You’re already dead, Cecilia-sama” I said to her mockingly as we circled the field.

“But, WHAT! WHAT HAPPENED?!”

“Because that useless posture of yours, change it” Chifuyu-nee kindly informed, well, as kind as she could get anyway.

"Bu-But, but I need to maintain this for my image—HUUH?!"

“Correct, it took about 0.5s for you to move the rifle to firing position and additional 0.2s for the beam to left the barrel after you press the trigger. Meanwhile, holding it downward firmly only took 0.25s and my bullets took off almost instantly, went at 1750 meter per second and reaching your position in less than 0.3s. My intention is shooting your rifle barrel though…”

And no, I’m not boasting. With a sensor as accurate as IS sniper rifle had, and considering her rifle barrel is whopping 6-inch wide, it’s an easy task. Though the scope itself is even larger at 8-inch.

However, my arm’s aiming and calibration speed is less than her, because melee IS had sturdier, more rigid joint construction, reducing its shooting capability for the sake of durability and strength.

If only Cecilia hold her rifle properly, she should get the first shot, since her projectile speed is close to speed of light.

“This is just the beginning”

We began to trade shots, Cecilia is a bit clumsy because she’s still upset from my surprise assault, but she’s still damn formidable, especially those BITs of her, fast, accurate, and thus deadly.

I took advantage of the data left in Ichika-nii’s ByakuShiki as well as the footage of her previous matches, it’s possible to dodge, or easier to deflect those attacks if my timings are good enough.

Still, I took a hard time to deliver a hit myself, that blue IS is damn agile, but the pilot also efficient enough and knew that her mobility is a great assets.

Not to mention, even without scope, her shots are precise enough. If my first shot did not hit it incidentally, it’ll be a nightmare…

Even I, who claimed as THE only one Long Range Combat Instructor of Ichika-nii, feel inferior somewhat…
(Maybe I should give up my job? Nah, with her logic clouded by vanity, pride and attraction, and with Houki to take into consideration, it’ll be a disaster if I let her took in.)

Also, Kurogane is a Hover type IS, not an Aerial type, meaning that’s despite its incredible agility, the movement is rather two dimensional (with occasional jump and limited flight). A great deal of effort is needed to evade this kind of barrage.

Little by little, she’s sapping my SP dry.

What a terrifying opponent…at best I just grazed her shield and reduce her SP a little with lucky glances.
Her SP is 502, mine is 501…492…

*PSHAAA!* *BZZTTT!*

MY EYES! 455…

I’ll lose if I’ll let her having the upper hand…

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

Time to change the plan, I unleashed a Shield to deflect some of her attack and charge forward, meanwhile, I also used a 61-caliber Pistol to retaliate, though it’s accuracy is measly and its power is mediocre, I managed to get three direct hit from all 12 shot.

(Equalizer is scary if used right)

Cecilia seems panic when I was able to approach her, store my weapons away and unleash my HF Katana.

“I-I won’t let you!”

*KLANG!*

She responded rather clumsily and releasing her own CQC blade, [Interceptor] and parried my first strike. But her technique are bad, no, her close combat capability is nonexistent. I was able to smash her blade away by the third strike.

As I tried to hack her torso, her shield activated and I was able to drain her SP further, now her point is much lower than mine.

Knowing that myself on her BITs mercy though, I decided to retreat. I’m not as stupidly daring and confident as Ichika-nii when it comes to swordplay, neither as skilled as him.

(If I’m pitted against Houki in a sword match, I might be dead in five minutes)

I was able to cut one of the BITs, apparently their outer shell are hard, but their rocket nozzles are fragile. New information absorbed, time to prepare a counter…

It was just approaching sunset when I arrived at the scene. From the response of the place's owner, the IS just floated down and sat there, watching the wild wallabies leaping around the underbrush.

Thanking her, I took strides to get through the surrounding fence--<Shenlong> was outside the property, so technically Linyin wasn't trespassing anywhere. I just need to carefully tread over some---GAH these stupid bushes hurt--hey, what are those things sticking to my pants? Argh.

I finally caught up to the figure of an IS hunched in a sitting-squatting position. Like a giant mechanical kid, sulking. I tried to keep silent, then gave up. An active IS could hear a mouse sneeze, assuming mice sneeze. Or if mice played poker with its buddies on friday nights--just throwing it out there.

<Shenlong> seemed to just sit there, and I noticed Linyin was eyeing a small pack of Wallabies just beyond the treeline. That was all I saw before the animals bolted at the sight of me.

Linyin didn't turn around, still staring at the clearing where the wallabies were just moments before. Didn't seem like she was ready to kill anything, so I took a cautious enough step forward, to look her in the eye.

Her cheeks were wet, and it hadn't been raining. Eyes red and worn.

I just folded my arms and looked back at her. The sane part of my brain reminded me not to say anything that would get me killed. The thinking part was suddenly free to analyze what happened--now that I'd found her and I could relatively stop panicking.

When I made that comment about her wanting to kill Orimura Ichika, I was referring to the one-on-one match they'd had less than a year prior. I expected to rile her feathers, but not nearly to this level. Linyin seemed almost shaken by the idea. A little too shaken for normal.

And nothing was going to happen if we kept standing out here staring at each other.

"Okay," I decided to talk first, clean up the already over the top mess later. The worst that could happen is she could kill me, right? Wait, that's not exactly a positive thing. "You want to talk about it?"

"No." she hissed in an accusing voice more childlike than before. "Why should I talk to a mean old man like you?"

"Precisely because I'm a mean old man." Wait, was that supposed to sound cool or something? "You can talk about things you wouldn't say to a friend."

Linyin just glared back, and I swear there were more tears in her eyes.

"Hey, it's not like I'm going to be sending reports back to your country or to IS Academy." Truthfully, it's not like I want the whole world to know that I'd just sent the Representative Candidate for China away crying. Losing my job would be the least of my worries. "Say anything you want."

<Shenlong> did not move, but Linyin turned her face away.

"I don't want to be in your country." She started to mumble angrily under her breath. "I want to go back."

"Well, that's simple. Just do what needs to be done and go." Since when did this twin-tailed little devil start having a sensitive side?

"It's not just that! I don't like being here!" The underbrush rustled--lots of scared animals in there. Linyin still had her IS active, but didn't make any move outside of wailing. "I don't want to be here, where you shoot wallabies and yell at little girls and there's nothing but desert at the center!"

"You haven't been here long enough to complain," Not like me. I can complain because I live here! Hey, am I raising my voice? "Just because you don't like this place doesn't mean--"

"I don't want to be here! I want to be back there!"

"AAAARRRGGHHHH!!!" I failed to notice just how loudly Linyin was screaming. She must have started three half-sentences or so ago, in between 'wallabies' and yell. As a consequence, I was also elling back pretty loudly, my throat's getting hoarse and I was getting tired of the run-around: "If all you want is to leave, then finish your job and go, Representative Candidate!"

"I WANT TO BE WITH ICHIKA!!!"

...Huh?

Linyin's hands covered her face, I guess she was trying to just cover her mouth but the IS's mechanical hands were big enough to cover her entire head. Or my head, for that matter. Oh lord, please try not to think of what an angry kid could do with those hands, such as squashing my head like a pimple--argh, I thought it!

Again, cue the Great Silence of Awkward(TM) between us.

Linyin lowered her hands and looked at me with this odd, utterly suspicious, sad-little-girl look.

"...I want to be with Ichika."

Ichika? Orimura Ichika? Don't tell me she's already planning Japan's second attempt to invade Australia, we can't take it! There's a Kangaroo shortage in our defense grid! No wait, Linyin's Chinese, not Japanese. China will probably do something far worse to us, like...litigate. Why the hell is my brain going off on such retarded tangents when my life is at stake?

Okay, collect yourself. I'm fairly sure I haven't started looking like a roast pumpkin, as Linyin continued to have that completely untrustworthy and out of character serious look. It's more disturbing than the devilish kiddy attitude she had up until that incident in the city.

"It's not like that at all. I don't want to kill Ichika," Linyin sniffled, a kid trying not to cry but failing entirely. "I sometimes want crack that thick head of his open, but I don't want to KILL him!"

Hey...doesn't cracking someone's head open constitute killing them anyway?

"Ichika's just stupid! He doesn't understand how I feel--" she continued, sounding more exasperated. "Huuu~~He just...he just...!!!"

"Girls talk about how their feelings are hurt, but nobody ever asks the guys." There, I saw that light flash of anger in her face. I took a breath, marvelling how I can keep a straight calm face when I'm two pigeons short of an execution by giant mecha.

"What if Ichika was here in front of you, right now?"

I've been known to be dense around some people. More often than not it was me being too angry to listen to common sense.

I was not dense enough to miss this.

There was this sudden little zap of surprise on Linyin's face when I mentioned Orimura's name. Her face had a blush like wildfire for all of three seconds before she managed to compose herself again. It was obvious; You'd have to have a blockhead made of depleted uranium to miss that look entirely--and I have a funny feeling such a blockhead really does exist.

Bingo. "I knew it. You'd rather be around Orimura Ichika than me."

"--Who wants to be around a nasty old man like you!?!"

That's not what I meant! But that's okay, I wouldn't want to be around me either--hey stop changing the subject! And hey, it's not natural to see an IS like <Shenlong> kneeling down like that. I know it's just a machine's legs not the real person's, but it still looks painful.

Wait, is she crying again?

Okay, this is where I admit I'm dense, because I have no idea why she's crying now. Goddammit, stop that. Stop crying, you stupid kid. I couldn't help myself. I didn't realize that <Shenlong> had knelt down like a child once more, putting its pilot down to her normal petite height.

I put a hand on her head. Linyin's only response was a sad whimper.

This is probably the real reason I can't really get along with Fan Lin Yin. She's just a kid, trying to act cool and tough. At the same time, I wodnered if most of the girls studying at IS Academy were like that, just young girls pretending to be strong, overwhelmingly confident women that they clearly weren't.

Or maybe that's just my old-fashioned male chauvanism at work.

Wait, why the hell is this suddenly turning into one of those dramatic cutscenes from a japanese dating simulation game?

I pulled my hand back.

"I don't like kids being made to pilot weapons--" No, I meant to say I don't approve of girls piloting weapons, but it came out wrong. Oh great, what now? "Being a pilot shouldn't be more important than being a kid."

Result: Perplexed Linyin. "Huh?"

Urgh. Make something up and fast!

"I mean, why the heck are you kids in such a hurry to grow up?" That sounded intelligent--NO IT'S NOT! I'm making things up as I go along here! "Kids have things to do that are more important than testing piloting exoskeletons and shooting things. For starters, being honest with each other."

<Shenlong> stood up, even as Linyin deactivated the armor of one arm, rubbing her eyes.

"Once you're an adult, you can't afford to be honest anymore." Okay, where did I steal that line from, anyway? "Especially not when you're in love. Adults play the nastiest games when it's love you're talking about."

Geh. GEH! How the hell did I lead the conversation in this direction?

There was more silence, but it didn't seem awkward this time around. I risked turning my back on Linyin. She'd either try to run away again or pummel me into the ground like a fencepost, but it wasn't like I had anything left to risk at this point.

That's when I saw it.

Above us was singing a starlight serenade of white streaks crossing the southeastern skies, a meteor shower coursing through the dark. I remember viewing the same scene ages ago, maybe when I was as old as Linyin herself. It brought back some odd memories.

"Back in my old country, I watched a meteor shower like this."

"What do you mean 'your old country'?" Linyin asked.

"Before I moved to Australia." I started talking without really thinking. Knocking back, I let myself fall to sit on the grassy grounds, still watching the spectacle overhead. "Back when it wasn't so polluted that you couldn't see the stars. I figured that if I couldn't change where I lived, I changed where I lived."

"You moved from your old country to Australia?" Linyin's look was that of utter surprise. Coming from China, she probably never knew you could migrate to another country if you chose to. "Why would you do that?"

"Oh, lots of reasons. I didn't like the heat, I didn't get along with the people, I hated the government, I hated my job, I couldn't get along with my family, and then there was this girl---" STOP RIGHT THERE, BUCKO. "--I just didn't want to live there anymore."

"So you left because of a girl?" Linyin sounded utterly disappointed, as if she was expecting a world-shaking explanation.

Gah.

"She wasn't the ONLY reason," I started, then realized that there was no point skirting around the issue. "I told her I'm never coming back."

Linyin's ears seemed to pick this up, before I knew it she was listening to my story.

"I'm not going to go into details," I grimaced. "She was a girl who played with other peoples' feelings but hated it when other people were insensitive to her. Don't ask me how we met. They all warned me. Told me not to lose my heart to her, she'll never give it back."

"She sounds like a nasty woman." Linyin commented.

"You know how they say two people in love have to be honest with each other? Honesty was something severely lacking in that relationship." I stood up and made a show of dusting off the--OW!--thistles from my pants. "We were both trying to act like adults when we were actually just kids. I should've known things would fall apart."

Linyin kept silent, attentive.

"I wanted a secure job and family, she wanted to be free to do whatever she wanted. Neither of us explained to each other what we wanted, we just assumed they should know." I drew in a breath, as the next part was pretty hard for me to live through again while telling the same tale. "It was during a meteor storm like this. I was going to propose to her when she suddenly said she was moving to America."

"Then why didn't you go with her?"

"Because she told me the night before she left." That come out a lot more bitter than I'd hoped. "I was planning to marry her. In response, she told me to my face she wanted to easily marry an American guy and get citizenship. We broke up, and she told me never to see her again."

"That would have been a long time ago, before the IS?" Linyin wanted to clarify that point, and I nodded.

In this day and age of the IS system, women had far more rights and privileges than men. Meaning that many roles were now reversed--it was more likely in this day and age for a man to try and marry upwards, instead of a woman. Hell, I think that was the case with those poms in the Alcott family, if I read the file right.

"Couldn't you just accept it?

"I did accept it. After a year, I finally got over it. And that would have been fine," Another breath, I was trying hard not to hyperventilate, since bringing up this old topic causes me to stress out like crazy. I hate revisiting my past like this. "Except that after that year, she called from America and said she missed me and wanted me back."

"What?!" There was this new look I hadn't seen before on Linyin's face, one that looked like the face was spelling out 'are you an idiot?' in all caps and bold font. "Then take her back!"

"...AFTER she'd married. And was STILL married."

"Geh." I could hear Linyin make a gasp of mild surprise.

"That was just around after the White Knight incident occurred, and women were now gaining rights. She said she'd changed her mind, that she forgave ME, and then told me to go to America to find her. By then I already realized that she wasn't the marrying kind, she just wanted to have me around just for old times' sake.

"She called me a coupole more times demanding I go to America for her. I reminded her of what she told me on that meteor night the year before, which she flatly denied. And then she went on about how I never considered her feelings and how I was being selfish and dense.

Once again I took a breath.

"I told her to shove it. And then I left for Australia where she can't find me. And that's how I ended up here."

"She told me in no uncertain terms never to see her again. If she asks anyone, I know they'll tell her to her face that it's too late for her to fix this. And she'll never admit she was in the wrong."

"But what if she said something but meant something else?"

"Men don't work that way! I don't wanna know what she said. She can cry all she wants but it's not gonna bring me back."

"But don't you care how she feels?"

"What about how I felt? Is it because I'm male that my feelings don't matter?" I felt faint, my blood pressure was acting up while I was reliving that horrible experience from my past. "It's not just her. Neither of us were honest with each other. And it's compounded by the fact that as adults now we can't go back on what's been said."

The silence from Linyin, with the intent look on her face, showed how attentive she was to my story. I hadn't realized it was possible for the girl could actually be sensible for an extended amount of time.

"...it's stupid." she finally responded. "You ran away to another country because you and your girlfriend couldn't get along?"

"That's the short of it. Most adults regret not doing something as a kid. Either because they were scared, or proud, or trying so hard to be like an adult that they don't even try to be a kid. Don't be afraid to say your mind and don't be afraid to apologize when you realize you're wrong. It has to be both, otherwise you keep making mistakes you never fix, or you end up apologizing for things you didn't do."

The <Shenlong> stood silent.

"Kids think adults are more understanding and mature about relationships. That's not true. If anything, we're a lot worse at it, because we have to look dignified and never admit we're wrong," I'm fairly certain I'm ripping off this conversation from someone else, maybe some drunk workaholic mother somewhere. "And adults are always more concerned about how every other adult thinks. Doing the 'right thing' in the eyes of everyone is sure to kill off all your plans for a happy ending."

"Then, what should I do?"

"Do what you feel is worth doing. Make mistakes while it's still early enough in life for you to fix them if it goes wrong," I can't believe I'm encouraging her to do this--my career is doomed. "Hell, you wouldn't want to grow old and cranky like me, would you?"

The next thing I know, I'm being grabbed by a pair of very large metal arms. I only had a few seconds to ThiIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE E----!!!!!!"

DAMN IT! THAT IS FUNNY! So Irish really became her boytoy 'partner' huh? Kanzashi must have a headache all the time, considering their antics.

It's as in character as Tatenashi can get, you've got the base characterization. Good job and quick, make a full chapter out of it!

Chapter 5 Draft is on, please comments:

Spoiler for Madoka vs Cecilia:

That boost kick in the last cent seconds, average student might not be able to do that. Not bad, Ichika-nii…

I want to say that, but then Chifuyu-nee will scold me for spoiling him.

"...How could he possibly be injured when he is equipped with the IS..."

"Ah, Shinonono-san, isn't it normal to be concerned about others? Even if he's equipped with the IS, this is common sense, right?"

"You're one to talk, you wolf in sheep clothing."

"Well, it's better than donning the clothes of a demon."

Those two are at it again, why don’t you date each other than chasing Ichika-nii half-heartedly? You shall seriously think about your tone, Houki. And Alcott is being hypocrite…Oh; Chifuyu-nee is approaching them.

“Can’t you two just keep quiet?” Chifuyu-nee pushed their face apart “Alcott, deploy BT once again”

“H-hai” she sticks her tongue out to Houki before doing it.

I wonder why Chifuyu-nee asked me to retrieve Kurogane from the storage this morning; on top of that, she said I should reduce mobility and add some Vernier motor for extra stabilization.

She did not said anything about returning them to the factory, strange, it’s like Kurogane her private IS or something along that line.

“Madoka, how about it’s current performance?”

Mobility: 135%, Stability: 95% check, Combat Efficiency: 86%...tch.

As anti-shift limiter has been placed inside Kurogane, the IS so-called 'growth' will be stunted, it's performance is frozen at default instead of steadily increased overtime, besides from the usual compatibility uses.

“…no problem, Orimura-sensei”

“You’ll act as an Aggressor, Alcott, your task is to defeat her, Orimura will use anything to bring you down. Understood?”

“HAI!”

I’m fired up, ever since that day, Ichika-nii always interrupt our confrontation, this time, we’ll solve it with IS battle for real.

I unleashed a .545 Caliber Sniper Rifle out of inventory.

“Haa? Using a rifle with a Close Combat Mech?”

“Save your words for later” I told her calmly.

I held my rifle downward in a ready position; meanwhile, she’s holding her sideway, as if she’s intentionally making a ‘cool pose’ or something, flaunting the gracefulness of her IS and its armaments…

Bad move, Cecilia-sama. Did you ever learn how to handle a real gun? Chifuyu-nee, don’t tell me this is what you’re aiming for.

“Begin”

As we took a distance from each other, the only thing I’ll say.

“Goodbye”

*BLAAAM!* *CRACK* *BLAAAM!* *BZZZT*

Eyes widened in surprise, Cecilia lost her balance and stunned as my bullet pierced her scope. By the way, the scope of an IS’ sniper has a camera that’s slaved to her visual directly, this it’s almost like she saw a bullet going through her eyes.

The second bullet was deflected by her shield, if not, there’s no longer Cecilia Alcott here, at least not her head.

“Wha-what…”

“You’re already dead, Cecilia-sama” I said to her mockingly as we circled the field.

“But, WHAT! WHAT HAPPENED?!”

“Because that useless posture of yours, change it” Chifuyu-nee kindly informed, well, as kind as she could get anyway.

"Bu-But, but I need to maintain this for my image—HUUH?!"

“Correct, it took about 0.5s for you to move the rifle to firing position and additional 0.2s for the beam to left the barrel after you press the trigger. Meanwhile, holding it downward firmly only took 0.25s and my bullets took off almost instantly, went at 1750 meter per second and reaching your position in less than 0.3s. My intention is shooting your rifle barrel though…”

And no, I’m not boasting. With a sensor as accurate as IS sniper rifle had, and considering her rifle barrel is whopping 6-inch wide, it’s an easy task. Though the scope itself is even larger at 8-inch.

However, my arm’s aiming and calibration speed is less than her, because melee IS had sturdier, more rigid joint construction, reducing its shooting capability for the sake of durability and strength.

If only Cecilia hold her rifle properly, she should get the first shot, since her projectile speed is close to speed of light.

“This is just the beginning”

We began to trade shots, Cecilia is a bit clumsy because she’s still upset from my surprise assault, but she’s still damn formidable, especially those BITs of her, fast, accurate, and thus deadly.

I took advantage of the data left in Ichika-nii’s ByakuShiki as well as the footage of her previous matches, it’s possible to dodge, or easier to deflect those attacks if my timings are good enough.

Still, I took a hard time to deliver a hit myself, that blue IS is damn agile, but the pilot also efficient enough and knew that her mobility is a great assets.

Not to mention, even without scope, her shots are precise enough. If my first shot did not hit it incidentally, it’ll be a nightmare…

Even I, who claimed as THE only one Long Range Combat Instructor of Ichika-nii, feel inferior somewhat…
(Maybe I should give up my job? Nah, with her logic clouded by vanity, pride and attraction, and with Houki to take into consideration, it’ll be a disaster if I let her took in.)

Also, Kurogane is a Hover type IS, not an Aerial type, meaning that’s despite its incredible agility, the movement is rather two dimensional (with occasional jump and limited flight). A great deal of effort is needed to evade this kind of barrage.

Little by little, she’s sapping my SP dry.

What a terrifying opponent…at best I just grazed her shield and reduce her SP a little with lucky glances.
Her SP is 502, mine is 501…492…

*PSHAAA!* *BZZTTT!*

MY EYES! 455…

I’ll lose if I’ll let her having the upper hand…

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

Time to change the plan, I unleashed a Shield to deflect some of her attack and charge forward, meanwhile, I also used a 61-caliber Pistol to retaliate, though it’s accuracy is measly and its power is mediocre, I managed to get three direct hit from all 12 shot.

(Equalizer is scary if used right)

Cecilia seems panic when I was able to approach her, store my weapons away and unleash my HF Katana.

“I-I won’t let you!”

*KLANG!*

She responded rather clumsily and releasing her own CQC blade, [Interceptor] and parried my first strike. But her technique are bad, no, her close combat capability is nonexistent. I was able to smash her blade away by the third strike.

As I tried to hack her torso, her shield activated and I was able to drain her SP further, now her point is much lower than mine.

Knowing that myself on her BITs mercy though, I decided to retreat. I’m not as stupidly daring and confident as Ichika-nii when it comes to swordplay, neither as skilled as him.

(If I’m pitted against Houki in a sword match, I might be dead in five minutes)

I was able to cut one of the BITs, apparently their outer shell are hard, but their rocket nozzles are fragile. New information absorbed, time to prepare a counter…

@ wavehawk- Nice surprise to see a fic with Rin where she gets character development and that Yandere moment at the end actually seemed funny and not psychotic, keep up the good work.
@ ZeroXSEED- Glad to see your still updating fast (how do you update that fast? there's like 6000 words per chapter and you usually only take two days to finish), looking forward to reading where the fic goes. Also, Thanks for all the comments and Ideas you gave me over the past few days

@ wavehawk- Nice surprise to see a fic with Rin where she gets character development and that Yandere moment at the end actually seemed funny and not psychotic, keep up the good work.
@ ZeroXSEED- Glad to see your still updating fast (how do you update that fast? there's like 6000 words per chapter and you usually only take two days to finish), looking forward to reading where the fic goes. Also, Thanks for all the comments and Ideas you gave me over the past few days

one reason: I sat on my chair, facing my ancient computer 12/24, mostly reading forum and writing fanfic, and I was halfway done with Chapter 5, 4.5 hours to go.

"Let the all guys night begin!" I yell at the other three people on the table.

*clap* *clap* *clap*

"Men, we all know that being in a school full of girls can be really fucking awesome, but there are times where we need some alone time and that time is now. So tonight lets drink and get fucking hammered"

"What's the point of this? this is a waste of time"

"Don't be like that "Irish", what? Don't tell me you wanted to spend the whole night with Tatenashi or something?"

"...You have a point"

"Um, why am I here?" a soft voice suddenly asked.

"Why not? Don't tell me you wanted to spend time alone in your room"

"I-It's not that, it's just-"

"Then it's alright! we couldn't just leave you alone in that room by yourself Charles, who knows what could happen without Ichika there to help you"

"Are you really sure this is a good idea Kai? if we get caught by the teachers we're gonna get killed, not to mention that all of us are underage"

"Ichika my friend , you need to learn to live a little, this is gonna be great. I'm even bringing out my special stash just for this occasion"

Without giving them a chance to talk any further I placed the large bottle at the center of the table.

'This, my friends, is vodka, guaranteed to get us wasted like no tomorrow. Now everybody get a glass and start drinking.

20 minutes later

"Have I eversh chold you of de chime I managed to beet an IS with nothing but a toochpiick?"

"Shitbull! I managed to kill one of those chings in noching but me underwear, that hing was runnin away the minute it saw me.

"Probably cause it shaw your girlyass fays"

"Shut up, nobody achked you pimpchika"

" don't call me a pimp you midchet, leacht I don't dresh like a maid"

"dat was ONE CHIME, nobody lets it go"

"Hey everone I gots some thing to say. IM A GIRL!"

"SHUT UP CHRALES!"

The morning after

POV:Irish

'Ow my head, damn it what happened last night'

"MORNING IRISH-KUN!" A cheerful voice suddenly yelled out.

"Shut up Sarashiki, I'm not in the mood for this"

'My heads pounding, Im gonna kill that bastard when I see him later'

"Aren't you going to change now?"

"Change? what do you mean?"

"Look in a mirror"

Trying to surpress my dizziness, I made my way to the mirror across the room.

EDIT: Jak, why rated M? I don't think language will matters, Even HotM is full of Cluster F Bomb and get away with it, and we don't mention the excessive violence YET, as long as there's no Lemon, F*** Rating, set it to T so it'll appear by default.

But if you want, just warn the reader about language, most reader do not bother changed the rating and thus there's little chance they could find yer story!

So, before I decide to publish anything I decided to let you
guys take a small look first, I just want to make sure they're
not too out of character.

Don't be too hard on me, you know I'm not good at this.

Spoiler for BEHOLD!!!:

Sitting alone at the cafeteria devouring my [Instant Yakisoba],
I spy a sight that’s become all too familiar across the room.

“Ichika-san, you promised you’d eat with me tonight! It’s not very
gentlemanly to break one’s promise with a lady.” Here we go again.“Eh? But Cecilia, Rin’s the one who-““Heeh~? Is there a problem Cecilia? The more the merrier as they say, fufufu.”
Ah, Lingyin’s in the zone right now, that cat-like smile of hers gets Cecilia riled up every time.

-Just as I was thinking that, I sensed a malevolent presence from the stern side of the ship.

Captain, I think we’re about to hit something.

*SWOOSH* Haha, your disadvantage in the height department makes it too easy to jump
over your attacks, you underestimate the power of the da-

*ahem*.

“Hmph, I see you’re lucky once again, I’ll come back some other time to finish you off.”
Oh really? That’s so sweat dear, you really shouldn’t have.

And ofcourse she runs off, really, that Laura, ever since she found out I’m working for
Chifuyu she hasn’t gotten off my case, and as you can see, I’ve become the target of random attacks like this.

So, before I decide to publish anything I decided to let you
guys take a small look first, I just want to make sure they're
not too out of character.

Don't be too hard on me, you know I'm not good at this.

Spoiler for BEHOLD!!!:

Sitting alone at the cafeteria devouring my [Instant Yakisoba],
I spy a sight that’s become all too familiar across the room.

“Ichika-san, you promised you’d eat with me tonight! It’s not very
gentlemanly to break one’s promise with a lady.” Here we go again.“Eh? But Cecilia, Rin’s the one who-““Heeh~? Is there a problem Cecilia? The more the merrier as they say, fufufu.”
Ah, Lingyin’s in the zone right now, that cat-like smile of hers gets Cecilia riled up every time.

-Just as I was thinking that, I sensed a malevolent presence from the stern side of the ship.

Captain, I think we’re about to hit something.

*SWOOSH* Haha, your disadvantage in the height department makes it too easy to jump over your attacks, you underestimate the power of the da-

*ahem*.

“Hmph, I see you’re lucky once again, I’ll come back some other time to finish you off.”
Oh really? That’s so sweat dear, you really shouldn’t have.

And ofcourse she runs off, really, that Laura, ever since she found out I’m working for Chifuyu she hasn’t gotten off my case, and as you can see, I’ve become the target of random attacks like this.